Possible evidence of mammoth hunting at the Neanderthal site of Spy (Belgium)

Quaternary International

Volumn 337, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-42

  Germonpré, Mietje ^a   Udrescu, Mircea ^a   Fiers, Evelyne ^b  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; CAVE; DEER; DIET; HORSE; HUNTING; MAMMOTH; NEANDERTHAL; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; AGE STRUCTURE; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; PREHISTORIC; SKELETAL REMAINS;

BELGIUM;

COELODONTA ANTIQUITATIS; EQUIDAE; MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 84903175262     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.10.035     Document Type: Article

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